Our Bible Quiz on Isaiah

From April through June those following the Triennial Bible Calendar will be studying the Book of Isaiah. The following questions are taken from a recent World Youth Bible Contest. Only those referring to the Book of Isaiah were culled. That should make it a little easier for non-experts. If you can score more than 12 correct answers you’re probably an Isaiah Scholar.

1. Who will “not judge by what his eyes see?”
2. In what instance did figs serve as medicine?
3. What is the source of the expression, “four corners of the earth?”
4. About whom is it stated that “the spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding?”
5. Which king was promised treasures of darkness?
6. The prophet loved Jerusalem. In the latter part of the Book of Isaiah the city is referred to with great reverence. Give two terms for the city.
7. Who will wear garments of righteousness (צדק) and faithfulness (אמונה)?
8. According to Isaiah, where will the nations flow?
9. Who will act as shepherd to beasts?
10. The Israelites left Egypt hurriedly. From which country did the prophet predict a slow exodus?
11. Who is drunk but not from drink?
12. The prophet describes Zion-Redeemed as being covered with . . . . . .
13. Who covered themselves with sacks (to symbolize mourning)?
14. Whom does the prophet refer to in the same verses as both a cloud and doves?
15. Who received a double measure from God?
16. Which two persons from the Torah does the prophet cite as a sign of Zion’s deliverance?
17. A king will generously labor without charge or reward. Who is he and what will he do?
18. It is predicted that foreigners will do Israel a great service. What work will they perform?

Answers

Printed on page 37 of the issue.

1. The redeemer (11:3).
2. Isaiah recommended applying them to King Hezekiah’s boil (38:21).
3. “He will assemble the outcasts of Israel and gather the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth” (11:12).
4. About “the shoot from the trunk of Jesse”, probably King Hezekiah (11:1-2).
5. Cyrus of Persia (45:3).
6. The Holy City (52:1), the City of God (60:14).
7. The shoot from the trunk of Jesse (see answer No. 4).
8. To the mountain of the House of the Lord (2:2).
9. The little boy of chapter 11, verse 6.
10. Babylonia (52:12).
11. Jerusalem (51:21).
12. Camels (60:6).
13. King Hezekiah and the senior priests (37:1-2).
14. The Israelites (60:8).
15. Jerusalem — for all her sins (40:2).
16. Abraham and Sarah (51:2).
17. Cyrus will build Jerusalem and set the exiles free (45:13).
18. Building the Walls of Jerusalem (60:10).